AFP, Vienna :
Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz held his nerve in the final-set tie-break to beat Matteo Berrettini 6-1, 6-7 (2/7), 7-6 (7/5) in the quarter-finals of the ATP event in Vienna on Friday.
He will next face Alexander Zverev, the German second seed who beat Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 to avenge a fourth-round loss to the Canadian at Wimbledon this year.
In the day’s third quarter-final, American qualifier Frances Tiafoe, who knocked out top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas on Thursday, continued his run with a 6-4, 7-6 (8/6) victory over Argentine eighth seed Diego Schwartzmann.
Italy’s seventh seed Jannik Sinner then defeated Casper Ruud, the fourth- seeded Norwegian 7-5, 6-1, to boost his chances of making the season-ending ATP Finals in Turin.
Sinner will face Tiafoe for a place in the final.
The 18-year-old Alcaraz easily took the first set, lost the second on a tie-break before sealing victory over the Wimbledon finalist on his third match point in the third-set tie-break.
Alcaraz broke the Italian’s first two service games of the match and cruised to the first set in 29 minutes.
